Legal Opinion
Eastman v. Biggers
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 12, 1968No. 17106PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIXON, Chief Justice.
On May 22, 1967 appellant Alice O. Mc-Gehee Eastman, joined as plaintiff by her husband, filed suit against Dallas C. Big-gers and other defendants for alleged fraud committed in the year 1937 — thirty years prior to the time of the filing of the suit. Appellants seek actual damages in the approximate amount of $400,000 and exemplary damages of $500,000.
Mrs. Eastman charges that in 1937, Dallas Biggers, who was then employed by her as her attorney-at-law, entered into a conspiracy with L. J. Wardlaw and J. J. *441Jenkins to conceal from her and they did conceal from her the…
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